Glenda Jackson was an English actress of the stage and screen. She was one of the few performers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, which consists of the highest awards for film, television and theatre. She received two Academy Awards, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.
For her performances in film, Jackson received two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her performances in Women in Love (1970), and A Touch of Class (1973). She also received nominations for Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), and Hedda (1975). She also received three British Academy Film Award nominations winning for Sunday Bloody Sunday. She also received eight Golden Globe Award nominations, winning for A Touch of Class. For her work on television, she received two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for portraying Queen Elizabeth I in the BBC series Elizabeth R (1971) and an International Emmy Award for the BBC One television film Elizabeth Is Missing (2020). She also received three British Academy Television Award nominations, winning for Elizabeth Is Missing.
For her work in theatre, she received various awards, including a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award, a Drama League Award and two Critics Circle Theatre Awards. She received five Tony Award nominations for her performances in Marat/Sade in 1966, Rose in 1981, Strange Interlude in 1985, and Macbeth in 1988. She won for Best Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women in 2018. She also received five Laurence Olivier Award nominations for Stevie in 1977, Antony and Cleopatra in 1979, Rose in 1980, Strange Interlude in 1984, and King Lear in 2017.